Rochester, Ontario (1891 census)

Rochester was a census subdivision in Ontario, recorded in the 1891 Census of Canada with a population of 2,806. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q115262708. The administrative centroid was at approximately 42.236°N, 82.655°W.

Population

In 1891, Rochester had a population of 2,806: 1,498 male and 1,308 female residents.

Population trajectory across census years

Cross-year identity established by spatial polygon overlap (SAME_AS chains across the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary files).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1891

In the 1891 census, Rochester shared boundaries with:

• Belle River, VL
• Gosfield
• Maidstone
• Mersea
• Tilbury

Full census record, 1891

The 1891 census recorded 86 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 5 categories.

Population & families (1891). This community's record includes 2,806 total population, 1,498 males, 1,308 females, 904 married persons, 502 families, 453 married males, 451 married females, 74 widowed persons, 41 widowed males, 33 widowed females, 5.60 average size of families. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2; V1T3.)

Age structure (1891). This community's record includes 1,828 single persons under 18, 1,004 single males under 18, 824 single females under 18. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Ethnic origin (1891). This community's record includes 1,574 French Canadians, 1,232 persons who are not French Canadian. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T3.)

Buildings & housing (1891). This community's record includes 485 occupied houses, 482 houses, 458 houses built of wood, 340 houses of 1 story, 169 houses of 6 to 10 rooms, 141 houses of 2 stories, 105 houses of 3 rooms, 78 houses of 2 rooms, 58 houses of 5 rooms, 55 houses of 4 rooms, 24 houses built of brick, 23 uninhabited houses, 11 houses of 11 to 15 rooms, 5 houses of 1 room, 3 dwellings that are vessels and shanties, 2 houses under construction, 1 houses of 3 stories, 1 houses of over 15 rooms. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V1T2.)

Agriculture (1891). This community's record includes 182,322 bushels of corn, 99,037 bushels of oats, 76,501 pounds of homemade butter, 27,445 acres of land in farms, 21,930 bushels of winter wheat, 20,540 acres of improved land in farms, 14,325 chickens, 13,908 acres of farmland under crops, 10,785 bushels of barley, 9,451 bushels of potatoes, 8,504 bushels of turnips, 6,905 acres of farmland in woodland or forest, 6,090 acres of farmland in pasture, 5,421 pounds of coarse wool produced on farms, 4,538 swine, 4,038 bushels of peas, 3,769 acres of oats, 3,616 bushels of spring wheat, 3,492 swine slaughtered or sold, 3,404 tons of hay, 2,551 acres of hay crops, 2,402 other cattle, 1,847 acres of wheat, 1,407 geese, 1,392 bushels of rye, 1,389 sheep, 1,319 bushels of beans, 1,214 pounds of fine wool produced on farms, 1,170 ducks, 1,098 milk cows, 1,057 horses aged over 3 years, 995 cattle killed or sold, 932 pounds of cheese produced on farms, 785 sheep slaughtered or sold, 650 turkeys, 600 bushels of buckwheat, 543 horses aged 3 years and under, 542 acres of farmland in gardens or orchards, 504 acres of barley, 390 occupants of farms, 330 farm occupants who own their land, 203 bushels of clover, timothy, or other grass seed, 155 persons living on farms between 11 and 50 acres, 153 acres of potatoes, 119 persons living on farms between 51 and 100 acres, 60 farm occupants who rent their land, 56 persons living on farms under 10 acres, 48 persons living on farms between 101 and 200 acres, 37 oxen, 30 acres of turnips, 22 other fowl, 12 persons living on farms over 200 acres. (Source: 1891 Census of Canada, V2T16; V4T2; V4T3.)

Identifiers

• TCP UID: ON062003 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
• Persistent place ID: PLACE_ON110010 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
• Wikidata: Q115262708

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1891 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.

Cite this page

Clifford, J. (2026). "Rochester, Ontario (1891 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/on/rochester-on062003-1891/.